Sr. AI & Data Engineer–Trading Analytics

Shell Energy seeks a senior AI and data engineer to design and productionize AI powered analytics for front office trading in Houston, blending Databricks data engineering with GenAI workflows.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop AI driven analytics for traders and analysts, including seasonal analyses, correlations, regressions, forecasts, and scenario modelling over pricing and fundamentals data
• Collaborate with traders and analysts to translate vague business questions into clear analytical problems and practical solutions
• Present analytical outputs and AI generated insights to commercial stakeholders in an actionable format
• Build and maintain scalable, reusable data pipelines on Databricks using PySpark/Spark, SQL, Delta Lake, and Unity Catalog
• Ingest, model, and transform large scale time series pricing and fundamentals datasets
• Improve pipeline performance, reliability, and cost efficiency while adhering to platform and data governance standards
• Develop GenAI and agent based solutions to support trading analytics, including RAG, prompt engineering, and agent orchestration with LangGraph
• Implement tool calling and guardrails within AI workflows and integrate LLM based processes with structured market data
• Prototype solutions quickly, collect user feedback, and harden selected use cases for production deployment
• Contribute to production ready analytics and AI solutions with testing, documentation, versioning, and basic observability
• Follow CI/CD and DevOps practices with Git based workflows and automated testing
• Support governance requirements such as PII handling, data lineage, and auditability in line with Trading & Supply standards

REQUIREMENTS

• Authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without employer sponsorship
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant years of experience
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience
• Hands on experience with Databricks and/or Spark (PySpark, SQL, Delta Lake; Unity Catalog desirable)
• Proven data engineering skills including pipeline development, data modelling, and performance optimization
• Solid foundation in statistics, econometrics, or data science with application to time-series or market style datasets
• Practical experience building or contributing to LLM based solutions, including prompt engineering and retrieval based approaches
• Familiarity with GenAI frameworks and tooling (for example LangGraph or similar orchestration patterns)
• Experience working in collaborative engineering teams using Git and CI/CD pipelines
• Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with analysts, traders, and business stakeholders
• Exposure to commodity or financial trading environments
• Understanding of market fundamentals, supply-demand dynamics, or risk concepts
• Experience with MLflow, feature stores, or vector databases
• Familiarity with working in regulated or risk sensitive environments

TECHNOLOGIES

• Databricks
• PySpark
• Spark
• SQL
• Delta Lake
• Unity Catalog
• LangGraph
• Git
• CI/CD
• MLflow

BENEFITS

• Health insurance: medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life Insurance
• Business Travel Accident Insurance
• Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs
• Pension plan
• 401(k) plan
• Paid leave: up to 6 weeks of paid vacation and up to 11 paid holidays
• Parental leave: 16 weeks for birthing parents, 8 weeks for non-birthing parents
• Short-term disability leave up to 26 weeks at 100% or 50% of base pay
• Long-Term Disability insurance
• Financial reimbursement for adoption, wellness, education, and personal learning expenses
• Discretionary long-term incentives
• Intern benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, BTA, Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs; 401(k) plan; and paid leave for up to 11 holidays
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of remote/mobile working

WHAT WE OFFER

• Salary range: USD 149,000 - 223,000 per year
• Insurance coverage options: medical, dental, vision, life Insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs
• Pension plan and 401(k) plan availability
• Paid leave: up to 6 weeks of paid vacation, up to 11 holidays; parental leave of 16 weeks for birthing parents and 8 weeks for non-birthing parents
• Short-term disability up to 26 weeks at 100% or 50% of base pay, plus Long-Term Disability insurance
• Financial reimbursement for adoption, wellness, education, and personal learning expenses
• Discretionary long-term incentives
• Flexible working hours and potential for remote/mobile work
• Intern benefits include eligible coverage and 401(k) participation; up to 11 paid holidays